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Discussion on: On the differences between being a tech lead and a senior engineer

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Jordan Soo Yen Yih

Exactly... Great summary and thanks for the checklist. Because I give myself a target is to be a team lead in future. But it feels really challenging for me because besides technical skill, you will also need management skill, and management skill is mostly come from experience. It's not like technical skill that you can just gain the knowledge from the internet or study some books.
Anyway, thanks for the sharing and I will practice with your checklist above, hope one day I can become a good tech lead. 😁

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Dvir Segal

I'm glad you liked it. Actually it is not only technical and management skills, it is something more elusive than that. It is related to soft skills and by that I mean - listening to others, try to challenge, mentor and eventually improve them. Being a tech lead is not being a manager but a leader (you don't have to be a manager to be one...)

Hope we see it on the same page.